Publications by authors named "Rodrigo Palacio de Azevedo"
Is venous blood drawn from femoral access adequate to estimate the central venous oxygen saturation and arterial lactate levels in critically ill patients?
Rev Bras Ter Intensiva
December 2016
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to determine if venous blood from the femoral area can accurately estimate central venous oxygen saturation and arterial lactate levels in critically ill patients.
- Researchers used statistical methods to compare femoral and central venous oxygen saturation, as well as femoral and arterial lactate levels in a sample of 26 patients.
- While there was a moderate correlation for oxygen saturation, the clinical agreement was poor, indicating femoral oxygen saturation cannot reliably replace central measurements, although femoral lactate levels may still be useful with caution.
Introduction: Constipation is a common problem in intensive care units. We assessed the efficacy and safety of laxative therapy aiming to promote daily defecation in reducing organ dysfunction in mechanically ventilated patients.
Methods: We conducted a prospective, randomized, controlled, nonblinded phase II clinical trial at two general intensive care units.
Intestinal constipation in intensive care units.
Rev Bras Ter Intensiva
August 2009
Constipation is a common complication identified among critically ill patients. Its incidence is highly variable due to lack of definition of such patients. Besides the already known consequences of constipation, in recent years it was observed that this complication may also be related to worse prognosis of critically ill patients.
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